Green Hills too crowded for massive development

The Sept. 9 community meeting, hosted by The Green Hills Action Partners, paired several hundred area residents with a panel that fielded questions previously submitted by email, deftly moderated by former Metro Councilman Jim Schulman.

Perhaps the biggest surprise was that Southern Land Co. CEO Tim Downey believes his 22-story building, slated to occupy a prime Green Hills corner at Richard Jones and Hillsboro roads, is something the community wants.

The assertion of his paid traffic consultant - that this structure with 300 apartments, 15,000 square feet of restaurants and retail and 50,000 square feet of office space - would have only a trivial effect on traffic was greeted with disbelieving laughter.

One of the assumptions of this estimate is that lots of people will bike and use public transportation; more laughter from the audience.

The overriding theme of the meeting is the level of distrust that Green Hills residents feel toward a development company that hasn't done its homework in understanding the community it wishes to fundamentally change.

What is not clear is whether this project can be stopped.

Julia Christman

Nashville 37215

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Green Hills too crowded for massive development

The Sept. 9 community meeting, hosted by The Green Hills Action Partners, paired several hundred area residents with a panel that fielded questions previously submitted by email, deftly moderated by